Folding lawn chair



1 w. HOLLOWAY 1,971,783

FOLDING LAWN CHAIR Filed Aug. 24, 1932 Patented Aug. 28, 1934 E, A E-w mm 1,9 71,?sa I FQLDING LAWN CHAIR.

; l/Valter Hell away, Clayton, Mo., assignor to Clayton Lumber Company, Clayton, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application August 24, 1932, Serial No. 630,164

4 Claims.

My invention relates to the type of chair commonly known as a lawn chair and has for its principal object to make such a chair foldable V or collapsible, thereby making it more easily transported and stored.

The invention consists principally in providing such a chair with pivotal connections between the back and the inclined leg members, between the two leg members and between the arms and the tops of the front leg members. The invention further consists in the folding lawn chair and in the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a folding lawn chair embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the chair in partly folded position;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the chair when completely folded; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 in Fig. 2.

The supporting members of the chair illustrated in the drawing comprise substantially vertical front legs 1 and inclined rear legs 2 whose front upper end portions are pivotally secured to the front legs, as by pins 3. Seat boards 4 are secured to the upper edges of the front portions of said inclined rear legs 2 and back boards 5 are held together by means of a cross-piece 6 and a lower cross-piece 7 that is grooved to receive a bar 8 whose ends extend through said inclined rear legs 2, a nut 9 being provided on the end of said bar to hold it into position. Thus the back 5 is pivotally secured to said leg members 2.

The vertical front legs 1 extend upwardly beyond the seat and on their upper ends rest arm members 10. The arm members 10 are secured to said legs by hinges 11. The arms extend rearwardly beyond the back and a cross-piece 12 connecting said arms rests on said cross-piece 6 that is secured to the back boards.

Pivotally secured to the inclined rear legs are latch members 13 provided with notches 14 for engaging pins 15 near the lower ends of the front legs.

It will be noted that the latch members 13 cooperating with the cross-piece 6 that connects the rear ends of the arms prevent the chair from collapsing. In order to collapse the chair the latches 13 are released from the pins, which leaves the front legs 1 free to turn, the bottom portions moving forwardly and the top moving rearwardly. The back of the chair is then free to drop downwardly and it carries with it the arm cross-piece, so that the parts of the chair move through the position shown in Fig. i into the 69 collapsed positionshown in Fig. 5. In this position the arms rest on lugs 16 on the inclined legs.

In reassembling the chair, lifting up on the arms will swing the legs into vertical position and raise the back of the chair to normal position. The rear edge of the seat forms a stop that limits the upward movement of the back.

By providing the latch member with a series of notches or by providing a number of latch pins, the chair may be held in various adjusted positions. In such an adjustable construction, the latch members are preferably secured to the front leg members and the pin or pins to the rear leg members.

The above described chair is very easy to assemble and to collapse, yet it is of strong and sturdy construction and can not collapse when in use. Obviously, numerous changes in sizes and proportions of parts might be made without departing from the invention and I do not wish to be limited to the precise construction shown.

What I claim is:

1. A folding lawn chair comprising vertical front legs, inclined rear legs pivotally secured to 5 said front legs, a. back having its lower end portion pivotally secured to said rear legs, a seat mounted on the upper front portions of said rear legs, the rear edge of said seat forming a stop for said back, arms hingedly secured to the upper ends of said front legs and extending rearwardly beyond the back, a cross-piece connecting the ends of said arms behind said back, a rest for said cross-piece secured to said back and latching means for holding the chair in assembled position.

2. A folding lawn chair comprising vertical front legs, rearwardly inclined legs pivotally secured to said front legs, a back having its lower end portion pivot-ally secured to said rear legs, a seat mounted on the upper front portions of said rear legs, the rear edge of said seat forming a stop for said back, arms hingedly secured to the upper ends of said front legs and extending rearwardly beyond the back, a cross-piece connecting the ends of said arms behind said back, a cross-piece secured to said back and constituting a rest for said arm cross-piece and latching means for holding the chair in assembled position.

3. A folding lawn chair comprising vertical front legs, rearwardly inclined legs pivotally secured to said front legs, a back having its lower end portion pivotally secured to said rear legs, a seat mounted on the upper front portions of said rear legs, the rear edge of said seat forming a stop for said back, arms hingedly secured to the upper ends of said front legs and extending rearwardly beyond the back, a cross-piece connecting the ends of said arms behind said back, a cross-piece secured to said back and constituting a rest for said arm cross-piece, latches pivotally secured to said rear legs and pins on said front legs for engagement with said latches to hold the chair in assembled position.

4. A folding lawn chair comprising vertical front legs, rearwardly inclined legs pivotally se cured to said front legs, a seat mounted on the upper front portions of said rear legs, a back having its lower end portion pivotally secured to said rear legs, arms hingedly secured to the upper ends of said front legs and extending rearwardly beyond the back, a cross-piece connecting the ends of said arms behind said back, a crosspiece secured to said back constituting a rest for said arm cross-piece in assembled position, lugs on said rear legs constituting stops for said arms in collapsed position and latching means for securing said front legs and said rear legs together to hold the chair in assembled position.

WALTER HOLLOWAY. 

